Rocky Mount Telegram

27801, 27802, 27803, 27804, 27809, 27815code37-57500feature ID1022368WebsiteRocky Mount is a city in and counties in the region of the of. Incorporated on February 19, 1867, the community at the falls of the that became the city of Rocky Mount dates from the middle of the 18th century. The city's population is estimated to be 54,242 as of 2018, making it the in North Carolina. Rocky Mount is the principal city of the, which includes Edgecombe and Nash counties, often called the 'Twin Counties', and had an estimated population of 146,021 in 2018.

Rocky Mount is also an anchor city of the in northeast North Carolina with a total population of 297,726 as of 2018.While historically strong in, and, the economy of Rocky Mount has diversified into and in recent decades. Being at the juncture of a number of important highways and railway, distribution and also play a key role in local business. The city also has a strong service sector as the home to a number of financial and customer support centers.

Rocky Mount's location less than an hour away from and the has attracted new companies looking to balance a skilled labor force with significantly lower costs of living and doing business. Ranked the city as number six for cost of doing business on its list of Best Small Places For Business And Careers in 2018. Rocky Mount has also twice received the from the in 1969 and 1999. Contents.History Beginnings The region around the was continuously inhabited by for 12,000 years before the first arrived, when it was home to the. Europeans began settling the area after the in the early 1700s. Like many other early settlements in colonial America, they settled along the between the and coastal plain, which is the point at which rivers become unnavigable sailing upstream and water flowing downstream can power a.

The Falls of the Tar River Primitive Baptist Church was established in 1757, which still meets today, although its original building has since been replaced. Much of the community attended the church so that it served as an early form of record keeping and law enforcement with citations given for crimes.

19th century. Manor, an elegant early 19th century plantation home in the heart of Rocky MountA post office was established at the falls of the Tar River on March 22, 1816. At this point, the name 'Rocky Mount' officially appears in documented history, undoubtedly referring to the rocky mound at the falls of the Tar River.

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The second in North Carolina followed soon thereafter, in 1818. Its proprietors were two entrepreneurs and Joel Battle, grandson of an original colonial settler to the area. Joel bought out the other proprietors before turning over the enterprise to his cousin James Smith Battle. The mill's spindles were initially operated by until the 1850s and then worked exclusively by white women and girls. This female working arrangement lasted for the rest of the century.The Battle family was also involved in the construction of the longest continuous railroad in the world up to that time, the, which ran about two miles (3 km) east of the mill. It connected the area to major ports in to the north and the port of to the south.

The tracks first reached Rocky Mount on in 1839. In 1840, a train of cars en route to Wilmington stopped in Rocky Mount to import some 'Old Nash' for special toasts at opening festivities and from there the fame of Nash County spread. The railroad exerted a powerful influence on the development of the town so that, in 1871, the county line moved from the Tar River to its present location in the center of the tracks. The - stage route also passed just below Rocky Mount (roughly where and run today), and for a time was the logical debarking point for railroad travelers wishing to proceed east or west.The surrounding region was raided in 1863 during the by troops under the command of Brigadier General. The mill, which supplied yarn and cloth, was burned down.

The mill was rebuilt after the war ended. On February 19, 1867, outside the mill was incorporated as a town.The latter half of the 19th century saw the take shape in the state. Adjacent to the sandy, Rocky Mount was well situated to take advantage of the rapidly rising demand for brightleaf that grew best in the sandy soil. Tobacco also shaped the city's social life. Warehouses where tobacco was stored and marketed began hosting balls for the community in the 1880s that became known as 'june germans' for the time of year and style of dance. June Germans eventually transformed into all-night dance parties and attracted musicians and socialites from miles around well into the 1900s.

By the end of the 19th century, tobacco had surpassed as the town's primary agricultural product. 20th century. Tobacco Warehouse, Rocky Mount, 1938The turn of the 20th century saw Rocky Mount become the northern headquarters of the and its major repair shops and yard facilities located to the town. With it came an influx of railroad employees. In 1900, Rocky Mount's population was around 3,000.

On February 28, 1907, with a population around 7,500, Rocky Mount was officially incorporated as a city. A main railroad line, a well established cotton mill, and productive farmland for brightleaf tobacco were major contributors to the area's growth and prosperity over the next decades. A vibrant arose. As in the rest of the, though, was imposed on the community leading to white suburbs largely on the west side of town, such as and, and black neighborhoods largely on the east side of town, like Crosstown and Around the 'Y' where Jazz legend was born.Several notable events occurred in Rocky Mount.

In 1946, tobacco warehouse workers voted to organize in Rocky Mount as part of a broader nationwide movement known as that lead to voter registration and political action against segregation. On November 27, 1962, gave a speech at Booker T.

Washington High School wherein he used his famous refrain ' a year before his better known delivery at the. The city also had its own in 1978 when government sanitation workers protested their black co-worker being wrongfully arrested leading to his acquittal in court and the city later apologizing. Downtown Rocky Mount, 1962During WWII, the set sail and saw action in battle.

After the war, the city continued to grow and the 1950s and 1960s saw the city's economy diversify into banking, manufacturing, pharmaceuticals, and the headquarters of a fast food chain known as. New educational facilities were also built including in 1956 and and in 1968. In 1970, Rocky Mount received an. The 1970s also saw the consolidation of the city's hospitals under and the completion of.Like much of the rest of America, the 1980s onward saw of the inner city. Rocky Mount's downtown deteriorated but new neighborhoods and shopping malls were built like, and the city's boundaries expanded. In 1996, the town of to the north of the city was annexed.

In 1999, the city won its second All-America City Award. Bridge over with high water mark sign that reads: '32 feet 11 inches (17 feet 11 inches above flood stage). September 17, 1999.'

The fall of 1999 saw two hurricanes make landfall in. Both passed over Rocky Mount: as a tropical storm in August with 20 inches (510 mm) of rain and in September with nearly 17 inches (430 mm) of rain. Floyd is especially memorable because most localized flooding happened quickly overnight and many residents were not aware of the flooding until the water came into their homes, requiring many to be rescued. As a result of the hurricane, the already saturated Tar River suffered the worst flooding in its recorded history, exceeding 500-year flood levels along its lower stretches, and many homes and businesses were destroyed. 21st century The first decades of the 21st century have seen efforts to revitalize the historic downtown and projects to renovate buildings such as the and Douglas Block, or repurpose them like the and most recently Rocky Mount Mills. In 2007, bought the mill and is in the process of turning it into a mixed-use campus of, restaurants, lofts, and event space.

There have also been major new community projects such as the 143-acre (58 ha) and 165,000-square-foot (15,300 m 2) downtown. In 2019, the successor company of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, broke ground on a new cargo terminal that is expected to grow the local economy in the next decade. Geography Rocky Mount is located in northeastern North Carolina, at the between the to the east and the to the west. The city is 58 miles (93 km) east of, the state capital, 91 miles (146 km) northeast of, 144 miles (232 km) north of, 19 miles (31 km) north of, 42 miles (68 km) south of, and 127 miles (204 km) south of.According to the, the city has a total area of 104.9 square miles (271.8 km 2), of which 104.6 square miles (270.8 km 2) is land and 0.4 square miles (1.0 km 2), or 0.35%, is covered by water. The passes through the city from west to east, crossing the fall line at Upper Falls and Little Falls and descending 25 feet (7.6 m) within the city limits.

The city boundaries straddle the line between Edgecombe and Nash counties, which follows the railroad tracks through the center of the city running north to south.Neighborhoods. Main article:Situated near the Tar River, the grew in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as a small community of tenants working for the mill. Built between 1885 and 1940, each home is recognized by the National Register of Historic Places. Changes in industrialization eventually forced the closing of the mill, and this way of life came to an end. However, when the mill closed, the property remained intact. Though the property has been a rental for its entire existence, are placed on the property to assure home ownership and owner occupancy and protect the historical integrity. National Register of Historic Places The, and are listed on the.

Climate Rocky Mount has a characterized by cool, sometimes moderately cold winters, and hot, humid summers. The subtype for this climate is Cfa. The average high temperatures range from 51 °F (11 °C) in the winter to around 90 °F (32 °C) in the summer. The average low temperatures range from 31 °F (−1 °C) in the winter to around 69 °F (21 °C) in the summer. A former cotton mill, as seen from Battle ParkThe economy of the has been undergoing a process of transformation in the past few decades. While historically strong in and, the economy has diversified into pharmaceuticals. Being at the juncture of a number of important highways and railway, distribution and also play a key role in local business.

In addition, the area has a strong service sector and is home to a number of and customer support centers.Rocky Mount's location less than an hour away from the state of and the has helped attract new companies looking to balance a skilled labor force with significantly lower costs of living and doing business. Ranked the city as number six for cost of doing business on its list of Best Small Places For Business And Careers in 2018. Recent developments In 2019, broke ground on an approx. $200 million cargo terminal in Rocky Mount. While somewhat scaled back from original plans, the facility is still expected to have an indirect impact of over a thousand jobs in the area and has potential room for expansion.tiremaker will be building two manufacturing facilities at a 1,449-acre site in Edgecombe County, between Rocky Mount. Phase 1 of the project is set to open in 2020 and phase 2 in 2022. At $580 million, it will be the largest ever manufacturing investment in rural North Carolina with the creation of 800 jobs and an estimated contribution of more than $2.4 billion to the state's economy.

Across the road from the site, has also announced a new $86 million warehouse that will bring 111 new jobs.The will be relocating its headquarters from to Rocky Mount by October 2020. Over 300 employees will be moving into a building that was previously the headquarters of before it was acquired by (now ) in 2001 and saw its workforce move to Raleigh. Largest employers. Event outside of Station Square in downtownBelow is a list of some of the largest employers in the metropolitan area as of 2018. Of employees13,0–Rocky Mount Engine Plant1,1,1006Distribution center1,9509Alorica88510City of Rocky Mount850Shopping Rocky Mount is the regional shopping destination for the, many big-box retailers and specialty shops are located in the city. Rocky Mount's shopping districts are generally centered along and around (Wesleyan Boulevard), large centers include, Sutters Creek Plaza and Cobb Corners. Golden East Crossing mall opened in 1986, as of 2019 the mall features,.

Cobb Corners features anchors, and, among 30+ other stores. Sutters Creek Plaza features, and with a nearby and.In downtown, the recently renovated Douglas Block is a historically significant commercial block adjacent to the event center that composed the former African American business district. Another commercial block to be found in downtown is Station Square next to city hall and the train station. Arts and Culture. In downtown Rocky MountThe city is home to multiple venues for the performing arts. The hosts the Maria V.

Howard Arts Center, a Children's Museum and Science Center, and a community theater. The at Wesleyan College regularly has college arts performances and touring acts, and is also the home of the Tar River Orchestra and Chorus. Most recently, the opened in downtown with space to hold up to 5,000 seats for entertainment and sporting events.is a craft brewery incubator, the first of its kind on North Carolina, that is now home to many up-and-coming breweries and restaurants. In addition, the mill hosts summer music festivals and other events throughout the year. It has been in the process of redevelopment since 2014 by Capitol Broadcasting Company, which also owns the popular campus in downtown.

Nearby are dozens of historical homes for rent in the. The next phase of development is Goat Island on the Tar River, which will offer public access to hiking trails, sandy beaches, and rafting/canoeing.A Rocky Mount Railroad has been in the planning stages for a number of years given the cultural significance of the on the city—in the early to mid-1900s the Emerson Shops alone of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad employed over 2,000 people—but is currently without a facility. It has been proposed to be located inside the train station. Sports and Recreation.

City Lake in Rocky MountThe Battling Bishops, 's (NCWC) collegiate sports teams, compete in as a member of the. Rocky Mount also has a history of minor-league baseball that ended with the of the. The current regional minor-league team is the in the nearby town of.Rocky Mount is a major center for youth as a midpoint between New York and Florida along. The, maintained by the Parks and Recreation department, includes seven outdoor baseball fields, four softball fields, eight soccer fields, a professional disc golf course, basketball courts, and volleyball courts. The complex sees many statewide and interstate baseball and soccer tournaments, and has a football stadium home to the NCWC Battling Bishops football team and 's annual Down East Viking Classic. The recently opened administered by the city has added eight indoor basketball courts, sixteen volleyball courts, a ropes course, a climbing wall, and a family entertainment center, with plans to host indoor basketball, volleyball, and gymnastics competitions.Tar River Trail is a 7-mile (11 km) greenway running east to west along the namesake river that connects with multiple parks, city landmarks, and the sports complex, with designated boat ramps for recreational paddling trips on the river.

Notable among the connected parks is City Lake Park, built in 1937 during the by the, and the 57-acre (23 ha) Battle Park centered on the falls of the Tar River. The trail also includes a 220-foot (67 m) long clear-span wooden believed to be the longest such wooden bridge in the United States. Education. Is a four-year private college located in Rocky Mount and home to the Eastern North Carolina Center for Business and Entrepreneurship.

The center's programs are free, open to the public, and focusing on business development, entrepreneurship, and community engagement. The city is also served by, which has a brewing, distillation, and fermentation program in partnership with the, and, which has a downtown campus specializing in biotechnology and medical simulation. 's College of Adult and Professional Education, or C.A.P.E., program also has a satellite campus in the.The city of Rocky Mount is primarily served by the, which as a whole has 15,000 students in 28 schools. Parts of the city in are also served by the system. Public high schools include, Southwest Edgecombe High School.

The two nontraditional public schools are Tar River Academy and Nash Rocky Mount Early College. The one local charter school is Rocky Mount Preparatory School. There are also a number of private schools in the area.serves the community as its major with affiliated libraries throughout the Twin Counties. It recently became part of the 's NC Cardinal consortium of public libraries that share an integrated system allowing books and other materials to be checked out from other libraries across the state. Government The city of Rocky Mount has a form of government. The city is divided into seven with a total of seven council members elected to the, one from each ward. Members of the city council serve four-year with every two years, while the is elected at-large by citizens and serves a four-year term.

The mayor is ex officio chair of the city council and only votes in case of a tie. The council appoints a to serve as chief administrative officer of day-to-day affairs of government. As of 2017, the current city manager is Rochelle D. Train in downtown station Roads and highways The city is served by three major highways:. to its west. (Future ) as its main east-west corridor. (Wesleyan Boulevard) as its main north-south corridor.In the downtown area, both (Sunset Avenue / Thomas Street) and (Church Street) serve as major thoroughfares.

State highways, and serve the city by connecting to nearby towns.Airports The (: RWI,: KRWI,: RWI) serves the general aviation needs of the surrounding counties. It is on NC 97, 9 miles (14 km) southwest of downtown Rocky Mount.

The closest airport with scheduled commercial service is (PGV), 40 miles (64 km) to the southeast. Cargo and charter flights in the area also use the (ISO), 50 miles (80 km) to the south. (RDU), is 74 miles (119 km) to the west.Rail provides two north and two southbound trains per day at the located in downtown. Service is to,. Freight service is provided.

Trains travel to destinations in eastern North Carolina and also to points west and south of the city.Public transit provides in and around the city of Rocky Mount, and operates 10 fixed bus routes throughout the city. Health care. Is a nonprofit hospital affiliated with, which it joined in 2014. It has 345 beds at four different locations. Its flagship facility is Nash General Hospital. When Nash General opened in 1971, it consolidated four different hospitals in the Rocky Mount area, and was the first all-private-room hospital in North Carolina. Other facilities operated are Nash Day Hospital, opened in 1984 as a free-standing outpatient surgery center; the Bryant T.

Aldridge Rehabilitation Center, opened in 1999; and the Coastal Plain Hospital, a mental health facility. Nash General Hospital has added multiple new subunits in more recent years: a Surgery Pavilion in 2004, a renovated Emergency Department and Nash Heart Center in 2014, and Nash Women's Center in 2016. In 2018, the Cancer Center facility opened, named in honor of a Rocky Mount athletic legend and cancer survivor.Rocky Mount is also home to LifeCare Hospitals of North Carolina. The Rocky Mount facility has 50 licensed beds and a medical staff of more than 40 physicians. LifeCare has 24 hospitals in nine states across the. Media Rocky Mount is considered part of the Raleigh-Durham- television and radio, the 25th largest in the United States. However, multiple broadcast stations in the - market also cover the city.Locally, WHIG-TV, founded in 1997 and currently hosted out of Wesleyan College, and, founded in 2002 and located in downtown, are Rocky Mount's community television stations.

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The Rocky Mount Telegram is an American, English language daily newspaper based in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

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Adams Publishing Group, a family-owned company led by CEO, Mark Adams, bought the Telegram in 2018 from Cooke Communications LLC.^[4][5] The assets included in the purchase included Cooke Communications's print publications, websites and commercial printing operations, located in North Carolina and Florida. Other North Carolina papers included in the sale were The Daily Reflector and Elizabeth City Daily Advance.^[4][6][7]

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1. ^'Staff-Directory - Rocky Mountain Telegram'.
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5. ^'Company Profile'. Adams Publishing Group. Retrieved 2019-10-25.
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